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PAGE FOUR ©n«« Bgn*n R hs time for each of us to say, •"Happy New Year!” There comes to us a vision of a new toufbrrow. A new year means a new opportunity for those who failed last year to do their level best, or those who stumbled in the path of error. The main thing to remember, however, is that the past year is guru and all our sins and failures are gone with it. Cyrus H. K. Curtis, of Saturday Evening Foet fame, kept hanging in his office a large sign which read “Yesterday Ended Last Night." A* we put the past behind us, let each of us highly resolve this new year to: 1. Go to the polls and vote. 3. Close our ears to gossip. S. Look before leaping. The Durham Bi-racial Committee Recently the Durham City Council approved the oregtion of a biracial Human Relations Committee, which includes three Ne groes This action took place in response to a petition submitted by “30 of the leading citi zens of Durham.” That a committee, or group of this kind, is needed goes without question. Somehow the communication lines between the races in the South have become clogged. Durham, like many southern cities, is the victim of an era of change in human relations. It, like all the rest of our cities, must sit down *nd meet the challenges of a changing South. It has taken the first step. It has felt and seen the need for such a group to iron out the racial kink* that have swollen far beyond where ra tional officials and citizens should have per mitted them to flourish. Thera is nothing so bad on either side of the interracial fence that cannot be set right. And it is now time that all southern cities ap point committees to sit down, recognize, and discuss the mole hill that has been made a mountain of distrust, misunderstanding! and telfishness. America can ill afford to allow further losses In it* human relations with other Americans. Each must see the other as an American w.iis the same ideals, aspirations, rights and oppor tunities. Too long have a few demagogues con tained the un-American promotion of race •gaitut r ace. A studied pieparation of mental, physical and spiritual forces must he effecti d In order that every American may h» given hit best chance to char." with this nation and the world the most that is in him. The responsibility of Mayor Evans of Dur h#m to choose an interracial committee that soekl meet the approval of the majority of On. Friday, December 13, the Winston Sa fes) Engineers Club presented awards to two teacher* for then outr-anding work with sci ««.(*« student-, at their schools First award went to Sister Irma Mildred of Villa Marie Arm* Catholie School while the second place award was given to David Lash, mathematics teacher and club sponsor at Carver High. School, The awards were- made on the basis of pro feds by students at five city and a few county schools. The students plan to enter their proj ect* m the Wake Forest Science Fair in March. Through making awards such as the one given to David Lash, the Winston Salem En gmem Club hopes'to stimulate an increased Ever since the history-making Supreme Court decision of May 17, l°vi, Negroes Have flayed the white rhumb for it* '-and on lb integration issue to no end. Many < hr,ars believe that the white church should Himinnte racial barrier* to membership. For this po nton. we have no quarrel. However, we wonder what has the Negro church done to extend “the right hand of fellowship" to white people and to encourage therm to seek membership in non-white de nominational church groups. The road to heaven is a two-way street, and he who travels thereon must observe tin traffic rules ot bro therhood. THE CAROLINIAN Published by the Carolinian Publishing Company. SIS E. Martin Street. Raleigh, N. C. Entered as Second Class Matter, April 6. 1940, at the Post Office at Raleigh, North Carolina, under the Act of March 1879. Additional Entry at Charlotte, N. C. Subscription Rotes: Six ■ onths $2.75 On* 7mi 54.58 Payable in Advance—Address all communications cmd m- 1 --* »-u '-'•ecks and money or ders payable to THE CAROLINIAN. Interstate United Newspapers. Ine„ 544 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. 17, N. Y. National AdverlMng Repro tentative. t This newspaper Is poj responsible for the return ot unsolicited nows, pictur**, or advertising asp? unless necessary postage accompanies the Copy. P. R. JERVAY. Publish or Alexander Barnes , Advertising & Promotion Chas. Jones . . .News & Circulation E. R, Swain Flanl Superintendent f c* wr u: __» * * t - * « * i. w. m Mrs. A. M. Hinton Office Manager Opinion* expressed in by-ooluirns published In this newspaper ms a»t necessarily those of the p*fc- U cation ' lilXilliiffTTlirfiliiTriii III! ~I liii Vitw^oiwT The Year Ahead A Salute To David Lash What About Us? 4. Think before speaking. 5. Give the unfortunate a lift. 6. Be prompt in keeping our promises. 7. Be square in all our business dealings. 8. Be generous in paying compliment* to our wives. Q. Cease nagging our husbands. 10. Practice the spirit of brotherhood. 11. Love all of our neighbor*. 12. Do good when evil it present. IS. Count our many blessings one by one. 14. Be proud of our race. 15. Love God and show mercy. 16 Practice tithing in the «hurrh. 17. Be courteous and respectful. If there be any w+urs, if there be any prais* If there be anr good report, think on these RESOLUTION*! . r. Durham's citizens is indeed a great one How ever, it must be said that Durham’s Mayor has the courage to act upon this need during these times of doubt and question of human rights of the American Negro, plus the forti ■ tude to meet the issues with foresight of seek ing community help beyond the official level, As to the three Negroes selected, there are many, no doubt, who would possibly have chosen differently. However, this matter of choice is always debatable. Durham certainly has scores of able people, white and colored, who are fully capable of discussing with wis dom the issues of today as they affect the races. But should the Negro citizens look with dis favor upon the three persons nominated to represent them on this committee, an immeas urable amount of harm can be done to defeat the purpose for which the biracial group was mated. Negroes will have a great amount of respect for the committee if they have confi Hence in the three men who will represent them. In the future—to ward off any possibility of criticism that the Negro representative* usually have suffer because of the claim that they were handpicked—we suggest that there he appointed an all-Negro nominating group composed of individuals from the PTA's, min isterial alliance, local teachers’ associations, labor organizations, and what-havc-you. It is our opinion that this nominating group should spend at least 30 days making * survey of Negro opinion and then submit a list of ten persons from which the Council would select individuals to fill the seats on any biracial group. interest in a school curriculum “richer in the fundamentals of mathematics and science." The Carolinian takes this means of saluting Mr. David Lash for winning the second place award in competition with 5 city and 6 county high schools where Junior Engineers and Sci ence Clubs are in operation in Winston Salem and area. We are living In an age filled with dangers and threats of war. Science has been working overtime to find ways to protect us against our enemies, while also finding ways of making the American way of life more happy. We hope that the young engineer and science ■ lub will continue to be the recipient of the leadership which Mr. Lash is able to give Mr. Lash you deserve our commendation. Thr C AROINT AN suggest* that the Negro should not W'ait tor other racial group* to in vite him to min their churches, but that he should invite them This was the technique of Jesus Chnst, To Peter and Andrew casting their nets into the sea. He said: “Follow Me. and 5 will make you fishers of men." He sent his disciples and the seventy out into the world to carry his message to the utmost ends of the earth. Before sending them. He gave them a course of training in how to approach people. The Negro church must constantly convert its energies and inspiration into useful deeds and contacts with a wide variety of people. The time has come when it must become a place of worship for siJ people. THE CAROLINIAN There Will Be No Time To Relax In The Tght For Civil Rights fW V: _ A* J What Other Editors Say !8 NEW MEMBERS —Five of the 18 Negro colleges admitted to membership of the hitherto all-white Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools are located in Georgia three in Atlanta. The five new full Georgia members are At lanta University, Clark College and Morehouse College, of At lanta: Albany State College and Fori. Valley State College. This is a vital and significant step It is further illuminated bv the fact that here were Southerners who were taking voluntary action in the direr lion of broader democracy and wider -freedom. Here were lead ers in education giving recog nition to fair and equal stand ards with full regard to ali things privileges which go with them, Tire Atlanta colleges are a mong the thirty-one partici pating colleges in the United Negro College Fund, the other Georgia units beings stale-sup ported institutions. It is an interesting observa tion that the SAC made its de cision to enlist NegTo colleges int-o full membership at its ses sion held in Richmond. Vir ginia. the second capital of the Old Confederacy. Press ac counts said the vote to ad mit was taken among 1000 del egates from thirteen Southern states after “mild debate” and with a, “few dissenters shout ing ‘No’.” There are 63 Negro colleges on the SAC’s approved list. The forty-five Negro colleges The new members came from nine states. None was from Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary IT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK Vnr Associated Nr-gre Frees GOOD ARCHITECTURE GOOD GOVERNMENT “Architecture of Diplomacy', is the subject- of an exhibit of Architectural League of New York in their second -floor gal lery The overseas face ia pre suited by the embassy and con sular buildings. Good archi tecture can be done by IJ. 8 aichitects. Buildings designed for Ghana fin Accra» Rabat; Dakar French West Africa (Consulate General Residence', Lagos. Nigeria, Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, Tangier and Rabat Morrocco and the U. S. Embassy Office Building in Port-au-Princ,?, Haiti are shown in the first public exhibit of protects which have resulted from the efforts of the Depart ment of State. The U S. State Departments Foreign Buildings Operation staff are currently engaged in the most ambitious foreign of fice program in diplomatic an nuals. This Department Is plar tng weight behind arohiteo t.ure worthy of our country and from this writer's vantage point among others covering the impressive event. Moran Weston Lecturer Dr. Moran Weston is the lone lecturer from New York (representing US.A.) who a long with other professionals will conduct the International Summer Courses at St. Augus tine’s, Central College of the Anglican communion during July and August in England. Full details ot these courses sr» obtainable from Rev. God ron T. Charlton. Jr.. 281 Four th Avenue Naw York. Rev Weston heads St. Phillips said to he the largest Episcopal church-of its kind to the coun- land. Missouri. Oklahoma and West Virginia. Five of the states from which the selections were made have not yet opened the doors of their state-sun ported colleegs to Negro stu dents. They are Alabama, Flor ida. Georgia. Mississippi and South Carolina. However, a federal court has ordered the University of Alabama to re vise its admission policy by re moving race as a barrier. it, should be pointed out that some of fchees newly admitted colleges have maintained, stan dards over a period of years colleges which were not pre sented for membership. It could be that a plan oi step-by-step admission was at work. Much work Is still ahead for the SAC in working to keep progress moving over the bumpy roads which were not in the first batoh of fully enrolled into SAC will remain on the rated lust. The vote to bring only eighteen into the SAC at this time is no reflection on those that, were high enough to en title them to SAC membership, but a racial bar was there. Re moval of unfair barriers in any area of American activity de serves applauding. It is doubly true in connection with the long over-due action taken by the Southern Association of Colleges in knocking down a membership barrier based up on race. Our congratulations go to the Southern Association of Colleges who opened the way and to the eighteen colleges who made it in. All of this some of these newly admitted tod colleges are in a stronger BY GLADYS P. GRAHAM dancer ha* extended an in via t tion to his presentation at trv. He replaced the noted Fa ther Bishop who resumed for Missionary fields in Hawaii, Salvation Army Extends Greeting* Through the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal, thousand* of New Yorkers are sharing their bright Christmas holi days with underprivileged chil dren, oldsters and families who need help. Nearly 2.000 home less persona were guests at holi day feasts in Solvation Army Centers throughout the city and some 33,400 wrapped gifts have been presented to pati ents in wards of city and vet eran# bpeplteis. invcr on iTpowye--'lfem Resigns United Nego College Fund members and alumni re.ioioe over progress made during 1957. Set to meet in Chicago, HI.. Feb. 8-9, for its annual meeting at Hotel Sheraton, President leona J. Williams and others of the UNCF are saddened by the resignation of Randall Tyus, its gifted tield director (Fisk grad) who is te turuing to school far advanced study. Negro Girl Sets Precedent At Uprala Phililda Ragland is the first Negro girl to wear the crown of Gazet* i Girl at Upeala Col lege since the contest began some seven yearn ago. One of four finalist® tho tan Fresh man (who is a member of the College Choir) Is planning to maior in psychology. Bias Flees As Old Year Fad«*s Student aspirants are ban py to learn that a Negro Stew ardess Ruth Taylor, has been hired to work on Mohawk Air- prestige position.—Atlanta Dai ly World, Dec. 11. LIVING WITH SNOW—Clos ing of schools and other emer gency steps as a result of the second December snowstorm within a few days show that Philadelphians are not yet rec onciled to the arrival of win ter in these parts and are cer tainly nos ready to cope with the old-fashioned variety, such as tnts one promises to be. Conditions resulting from the comparatively light snow fall and quick freeze of the second storm, it is true, were particularly treacherous. Yet, there was no excuse for any motorist caught unprepared. The irony of the second emergency was to find so many of the foresighted and safety - minded suffering because of the neglect of the fey/. Caught in jama caused by r,Painless cars stalled at bottlenecks were scores of motorists equipped with snow tires, or chains. As for the many closed schools in the area, perhaps, educators should face the fact that snow once was par t of the normal wintertime environment In the Delaware Valley and might well be again. It. would be interesting to know how many schools have closed this year in Moscow because of snow. There is a limit to now often snow-stalled school bus es can provide an excuse for school holidays. ALso, there is a limit to how long Philadelphians can remain patient with weather forecast ers who warn us of snow only after it has begun to fall.—The Philadelphia Inquirer. Dos. 13. linwt. Inc She wto h* Mi* first ope in the US A. Gov. Harri man ha& personally congr&tu la ted the Negro nurse who 1* a native of Boston but grew op in New York. Gov. Harr im an continues to h» the spearhead In eradicating bias m all forms in this Em pire State. He baa Issued a special order to all state de partments and agendo* to weed out. any discriminatory practice* in the state govern ment or in private firms and organizations It deals with. New York State has #5.000 on its pay roll. Meanwhile Coun cilman Earl D. Brown of Har lem has sponsored the housing anti-bias bill which is coming up before the Board of Esti mate to heal, the legislative deadline. Realty Boards ere said to he against the bill and strong opposition has been in dicated. Mailbag Heavy The mail pouch 1* heavy with items from far and near: Ringer Camilla Williams is in Austria. She expects to return home soon. Prom sunny Ha waii comes greetings from the Robert Naua.ips, The Arthur Hokes, Petite Mama Paoa and Emily Wong of uhe Friendly Tours of Hawaii all with whom this writer spent delightful holidays last year in festive Honolulu. Mele Kalikimaka Merry Christmas and Hauoii Hou (Happy New Year) are the words of the moment Editors C C. Dennis. Listener Daily and Editor Henry B. Cole. Lib erian Age. are busy winding up a hwurv year of activity. Don ald McKayle. choregrapher- Young Men's and Young Wo men's Hebrew Association Dance Center. the art mecca of Manhattan. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 4,* 1355 JUST FOR FUN BY MARCHS H. BOULWARE NSW TEAR'S GERMAN DOC; Cornyard, what’s all this I hear about the New Year’* German. The Kastle Hop. and Chitterling Strutters' Ball? CORNYARD: Well, first thing, the New Year’s German is for the “higher-ups" and the “mucks.” You have to know the right people and have your credentials screened, or you don’t get in. With them so cialites, Background counts. THEY-EY-E Y— DOC: Hold on, Cornyard. mind your manners now! CORNYARD: Whatcha say, let’s go to the Chitterling Strut ters’ Ball for New Year’s. DOC; But Cornyard, you’ll have to describe ito-because I’m new here in Raleigh. CORNYARD: Well, it costs $3.75 a piece, and if you attend you get a chitterling supper free. Last year, 160 pound* of thin pork delicacy fell short of demand, but it was mads up in collards, sweet potatoes and combread. topped off with Apple pie. Fact ia, folks mostly forget about dancing anyway ’tilj after midnight. DOC: But, Cornyard, I plan to ask Loretta. (Cornyard’a sis ter) to go to a New Year's par - ry. l don't think she would like a chitterling strut, CORNYARD: Then let's so to The Kastle Hop—its an "to bet,weener”—rated between the New Year’s German and the Strutters’ Bail. I’ve asked Sara •Jane, since Annie Belle has other plans. POO: (Aside) Come to think of it—Loretta hasn’t answered my R.S.V.P. invite. She wiil I'm sure. <??? Suppose she doesn’t.) Anyway, Cornyard and T are going regardless. SCENE: (New Year's Night, at the Kastle, a pavilion lo rn,led a, mile up on mountain ridge from Frogie Bottom. 2SO people are In attendance > DOC: Dad Blast it! Corn yard and Sara Jane scooted off to the Chitterling Strut ters’ Ball, and Loretta went to the New Year’s German with that distinguished escort again. Rather than be “out domed". I found myself at the Kastle Hop just in time to see a crowd gathered around a couple dancing. From little bits of talk here and there, I learned that the girl dancing with Little Willie was named Ollie who had come SENTENCE SERMONS The High Cost Os Rlghteoo* Living ?. It is not difficult to un derstand why one should have to pay a penalty for wror.y deeds, done but it,is hard to fathom why innocent souls should be persecuted when try ing to do right and harming no one. 2. But this seems to have been the order since, man was young, and over the heads of many righteous people the ter rifying ax of persecution has been swung. 3. The ax U not always steel, but often times one of author ity that .wme men viciously wield to bring other men down when their righteous acts to them do not appeal. 4. This kind of handling is more severe than anything else one could fear ... for it works within with greater force and proves more d{imaging in its destructive course 5 Tliis is the price righteous men have to pay if they insist upon doing things Gods way ... for the unscrupulous in dividuals want to keep His way out of sight, and rule with an Iron hand with fire and might. A Something of this order Daniel had to face . . . but he mat the issue with grit, and Grace, and even lions, he did not fear, for closer to him. was hi? Heavenly Father near. 7. This evidences the type and degree of humiliation men have to endure In defense of Salvation, and Satan has many THE PULPIT VOICE The Star Os The East Another Christmastide has passed and there is as always that hopeful expectancy In the heart of mankind. Poor hu mana burdened with many cares are trying to be happy. It. cannot be doubted that we are experiencing one of the most anxious moments of his tory and we would be poorly advised to discount the impli cations of our troubled time*. Our nation has just awaken - ed to the fact that we are be hind in the mattor of satellite and missile development. The world ha* become littery nv»r the prospects of atomic war fare. which will in all prob ability destroy civilized man kind. There t* only one ray of hope In our gloomy world and that stems from the Star of the East. For nearly 2,000 years we have been following other stars while the Star of the East was beckoning. We have followed the star of empire which has led the nations to gory battlefields of history and filled the earth with lamentation and mourn ing. We have followed the star of racial suprcrMwCiCo and tv day our 20th century world is scourged with a species of race prejudice that is bringing great distress and strife a ■ mom? the peoples of the eaath- f to the Hop alone. (The mtifif ended and so did the dance as I walked up.) But I didn’t welt long, because Fate and Bolite Sam began making muae. Fats played the lead on a stripped-down piano, while Bo lita Sam with his guitar added the musical trimmings in a base tone. It was one of those swampy "down beats” that .started Ollie dancing again. Ollle heard music and felt rhythm. She was ready to"*o. Willie grinned his surprise at his own boldness, because there were at least a dozen blades standing by wanting to dance with Ollie. Ollie’s eye* began to sparkle: her hair worked loooe: she kicked off her shoes; and her body might have been esse se nes of hips after another. Far. now. 1« seemed joint!*** It moved with a rhythm all ft* . own. (Thia vm better tfeaei «fc* hired floor show which w** apt schedued until midnight-). ?. Little Wfflaa puts his b«4 tost forward, end around him her prancing took Shapes Willie be gan to feel the weight, a t hi* own importance, and he ®*KSftg Ollie around until the isnsde got slower with each bees aaee trailing off into silenea, Then toe music ended, and the gsr! rushed over to a pavilion seat with Willie at her side. ' Old . men applauded until “their Battle Axes’’ gave litem & wick ; ed nod.) Loretta should h»v# witnessed this—it would, hav* tickled her to death. (OVERHEARD TWO WOM EN TALKING): Willie better lay off that girl. She’s a grown •woman and he* just a kid. Be-, sides, she is not his kind. When Little Willie and Gi be stopped, the dancing went on. Old men and young oees swung their partners about to get a. look at 0131* adttin* on toe side. Whew—wm* certainly p*a*Se fast, for when I looked up at toe clock it was midnight and did the noise begin! About a half hour later, people freon the New Year's German w!r* coming in since that dans® ended promptly at, midnight, In walked Loretta and her es cort Brother, the Kastle waa just ready to rock. From her* on out. use your imagination. HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERY BODY! followers ewers Sst htsfe pis®*® who move s* hi* wfU to** hi* paltry wage#. a. Before Paul had.® eSwn** of mid. he vss on* of Ber ton’s men of toe super kind -.. influential, powerful, erudite, but, mean, for ha hated every thing Christ-like and »Ktm: but when he and Christ-began to view things from tha aam* level, he was heard to say, "Put on the whole armor of Qod, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of toe devil'’ 8. Yes. it is the “ whole, aratefc of God” one must embraee rir the boldness of Satan's host* is to be staunchly faced; for h# has vowed that God and rigth eousne&s shall not pass and h* is determined to hold out to the very last. 10. Yea, truly there is a prie* to be paid, and no half-heart ed Christian need think he ea» make the grade; for it » a put up or shut-up fight, and all who cannot keep up, will b# lost in the night. 11. Both in Church and state. Satan’s monsters will be found, and will spare not a soul who** head is down, and any creator* who intend* to sot smart with, a double-face, will--end tsp ta terror, remora* and disgrace.. 12. There is only one way out. if Heaven you mean to win ... through the Gateway of sin; all other roads lead te Fell, the far* to Heaven la high, and other costs in proportion . , . whila Hell has a eut-rate m»4 cut-throat damnation. . S* HAMILTON T. BOSWELL Race prejudice and its, ecst* eomitants are a curse to man kind We have followed the star of science which i* threat ening to turn upon mankind with the fury of an avenging angel. Science multiplies the powers of men; and to have men s powers multiplied r without changing their hearts to right ly use this power, -ie coaoeh'- ably one of the ma'jor curses of mankind. It is still true that there is no greater menace to the safety and happiness of mankind than a man with the mind of sn Aristotle and the heart of a Nero. We have fol lowed the star of national pros perity and today, as never be fore, the graneries of the na tions are filled to overflowing, while hunger and privation stalk abroad to troment .the hapless sons of men. What la more, one of ttflil greatest shames of history SB that mankind has not prexu.ffl ed the nation or people thaH could stand prosperity. Eves? nation that has risen In the scales of prosperity ha* by and by forgotten God and perished. Today ■*» h»v« before our started eyes our owg great and mighty nation, whoee store houses are bursting at the seams with the good things off the fat o* the land.